PHOTOGRAPHS IN DISCOURSE: THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SCHOOL UNDER FOCUS

Authors

  • Suzana Feldens Schwertner Univates

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/rea.v27i1.10930

Keywords:

Photography, School, Youth.

Abstract

How do students attending the last grade of Basic School and High School understand the functions of the school today? Which meanings does this institution produce from the students’ view? These were the starting questions that guided the focus groups of students participating in this research, which was carried out in 2015 and 2016 in the countryside of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The youths were asked to produce photographs accompanied by subtitles presenting the current functions of the school. Grounded on studies by Sibilia (2012), Masschelein and Simons (2014), the theoretical references of this investigation comprehended the notions of discourse and its knowledge-power relations (FOUCAULT, 2002; 2012; 2015), besides including a discussion about photography (BARTHES, 1984; DUBOIS, 2012) and its potentialities in research in education. The results pointed out the pedagogical, political and social functions performed by the school in contemporaneity, also mentioning the possibilities of expression that it potentiates.

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Author Biography

  • Suzana Feldens Schwertner, Univates
    Psicóloga. Doutora em Educação. Docente do curso de Psicologia da Univates. Docente do Mestrado em Ensino da Univates.

Published

2019-01-02

Issue

Section

Artigos do Fluxo

How to Cite

PHOTOGRAPHS IN DISCOURSE: THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SCHOOL UNDER FOCUS. (2019). Reflexão E Ação, 27(1), 133-150. https://doi.org/10.17058/rea.v27i1.10930